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<h1 class="topictitle1">Step 1: Checking and Installing VMware Tools</h1>
<div><p id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_p9906477612">Before performing application-consistent backup or file-level restoration, you must install VMware Tools on the VM to be protected or target VM. vSphere Client 8.0 is used as an example in this section.</p>
<div class="section" id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_section207951333741"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Context</h4><p id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_p1933383516410">You need to install VMware Tools for VMware VMs in the following scenarios:</p>
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<ul id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_ul174487351031"><li id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_li24541939933">If you need to perform application-consistent backup, ensure that VMware Tools has been installed on the protected VMware VMs.</li><li id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_li7448635539">If you need to perform file-level restoration, ensure that VMware Tools has been installed on the target VMware VM.</li></ul>
<div class="section" id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_section116317914548"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4><ol id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_ol116538545515"><li id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_li2024144995218"><span>Log in to the vCenter Server or ESXi using a browser.</span><p><p id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_p14208857125212">Login address: <strong id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_b760571072113">https://</strong><em id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_i6606510132117">Management IP address of the vCenter Server or ESXi</em></p>
</p></li><li id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_li1684173195916"><span>Expand the navigation tree on the left to view all created VMs.</span></li><li id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_li1616715451540"><span>In the VM list, locate the VM for which you want to perform application-consistent backup or file-level restoration and click the VM name.</span></li><li id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_li4536165031019"><span>On the VM details page, check whether VMware Tools 10.2 or later has been installed. <span id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_ph1853719421136">If VMware Tools is not installed or the version is earlier than 10.2, install or upgrade VMware Tools by referring to the <a href="https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tools/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">VMware Tools Documentation</a>.</span></span><p><ul id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_ul39551712172819"><li id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_li43772045172816">For login to the vCenter Server, check the installation status in the <strong id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_b287154415291">Virtual Machine Details</strong> area.</li><li id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_li13955191292815">For login to the ESXi, check the installation status in the <strong id="vmware_gud_0016__en-us_topic_0000001656861689_b105737295583">General Information</strong> area.</li></ul>
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